A nutrient profiling assessment of packaged foods using two star-based front-of-pack labels

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 2165-2174

  Carrad, Amy M ^a   Louie, Jimmy Chun Yu ^b   Yeatman, Heather R ^a   Dunford, Elizabeth K ^c   Neal, Bruce C ^c   Flood, Victoria M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dietary guidelines; Front of pack label; Health star rating; Institute of Medicine; Nutrient profiling

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD QUALITY; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOOD LABELING; FOOD QUALITY; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

EID: 84943767864     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980015002748     Document Type: Article

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